How To Unblock CBC Player Outside Canada
By Paul Liu
Tuesday, July 9th, 2013
CBC Player (cbc.ca/player) is your one stop destination for CBC news, entertainment programs, sporting events and CBC digital archives. The on demand streaming video service from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation includes hundreds of hours of video content and allows you to watch your favorite shows at your own convenient time. Besides personal computers, the service is also available for smartphones and tablets through native apps.
CBC Player is home to some of the most popular programs in Canada including Dragons’ Den, The Big Decision, Mansbridge One on One, Hockey Night in Canada, Being Erica, Coronation Street, The National, Q with Jian Ghomeshi, Steven and Chris, The Rick Mercer Report, The Nature of Things, Michael Tuesdays and Thursdays, Best Recipes Ever, The Tudors, Doc Zone, The Phantoms, Absolutely Canadian, Heartland, Canadian Reflections, Halifax Comedy Festival, Arctic Air, Over the Rainbow, Hockey-A People’s History, 22 Minutes, CBC Live, the fifth estate, Republic of Doyle, Titanic – Blood and Steel, Cracked, Murdoch Mysteries, Lang and O’Leary Exchange, The Passionate Eye, Four Rooms, Camelot, George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight, Marketplace, The Ron James Show, Air Farce Funnies and Just For Laughs Galas.
Even though the CBC Player is incredibly popular among masses, it is not yet available outside Canada. This is mostly due to licensing and copyright issues which prevents CBC from broadcasting its content in other countries. This is indeed a huge disappointment for Canadian expats and tourists since they are deprived of their favorite CBC shows outside Canada.
CBC checks the IP address of visitors before giving them go ahead to access the CBC Player. In case you want to access CBC Player from outside Canada, you will need to get a Canadian IP address through IP changing services like proxies and virtual private networks.
Even though proxies are much easier to use, they are not able to deliver high speeds required to access video streaming sites. Some proxy servers even reveal real IP addresses to content providers so they cannot be used to hide IP address. VPNs offer impeccable anonymity and ultra fast speeds so they have become a preferred choice to access streaming services like CBC Player.
How To Unlock CBC Player Outside Canada With A VPN
Step 1: The first step is to subscribe to a VPN vendor which has a VPN server in Canada. For unlocking CBC streaming service, we recommend signing up with Express VPN, Overplay, HideMyAss, Banana VPN, StrongVPN, PureVPN and IPVanish simply because these VPN providers can deliver very fast speeds at an affordable price range.
Step 2: Download the VPN application from the VPN service provider’s official site and install it as per the guidelines provided or else configure the VPN service by updating the system’s network settings. With regards to handheld mobile devices like tablets and Smartphones, there is normally no software installation needed but you do need to configure the VPN simply by editing couple of network parameters.
Step 3: Soon after the software installation and configuration is complete, save and apply changes. You might also need to reboot your personal computer for the configuration changes to take effect. As far as handheld mobile devices are concerned, you only need to save and apply the updates and restart the apps to use the most recent network settings.
Step 4: Connect to the newly configured service by hitting the Connect button or the Virtual private network icon. Depending on your net speed and location, it might take few moments for the VPN service to pick the default VPN server.
Step 5: Select a Canadian server in case you are not connected a server from Canada. Nearly all VPN service providers have servers in multiple nations so you will have to use a VPN server from Canada to be able to unblock all CBC Player programs. If the VPN company provides you with large number of servers inside Canada, select a server that is nearest to your current address in order to get best streaming speeds.
Step 6: Visit the CBC Player website and click on some program titles to make certain that you can access them without any problems. To watch the service through mobile devices, close the CBC Player native app and restart it. You can now appreciate CBC Player shows from any corner of the planet.
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